Apple, Broadcom, Google, Intel and Qualcomm have already developed patches, though it may be up to OS and phone vendors to implement those patches on specific devices.

However, the report notes that “we expect that most of the currently used Bluetooth peripherals will never be patched,” but that “patching all the mobile-phones and computers (where a software update is relatively easy) will greatly decrease the risk of this vulnerability.”

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